
Acting
Born August 26, 1946 · Liverpool, England, UK
Alison Steadman (born 26 August 1946) is an English actor. She won the 1991 National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress for the Mike Leigh (her husband 1973-2001) film Life is Sweet, and the 1993 Olivier Award for Best Actress for her role as Mari in the original production of The Rise and Fall of Little Voice. In a 2007 Channel 4 poll, the "50 Greatest Actors" voted for by other actors, she was ranked No. 42. Steadman made her professional stage debut in 1968 and went on to establish her career in Mike Leigh's 1970s TV plays Nuts in May (1976) and Abigail's Party (1977). She received BAFTA TV Award nominations for the 1986 BBC serial The Singing Detective, and in 2001 for the ITV drama series Fat Friends (2000–05). Other television roles include Pride and Prejudice (1995), Gavin & Stacey (2007–10, 2019) and Orphan Black (2015–16). Her other film appearances include A Private Function (1984), Clockwise (1986), Shirley Valentine (1989), Topsy Turvy (1999), and The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004).

Joke
2026

Here We Go: Our New Year’s Fireworks Fantasaganza
2025

Stitch Head
2025

Gavin & Stacey: A Fond Farewell
2025
Gavin & Stacey: The Making of the Finale
2024

Better Man
2024

The 1970s Dinner Party
2023

Here We Go: Mum's Classic Family Christmas
2023

Wake
2023

Queen and Country
2022

The King's Man
2021

Roald & Beatrix: The Tail of the Curious Mouse
2020
We Love Gavin and Stacey
2020

23 Walks
2020

Gavin & Stacey: A Special Christmas
2019

Off Grid
2019

Care
2018

Yours Faithfully, Edna Welthorpe (Mrs)
2017

Becky Watts Killed for Kicks
2017

We Can Be Heroes
2017

Burn Burn Burn
2016

Let's Do It: A Tribute to Victoria Wood
2016

Dad's Army
2016

Peterman
2015
The One and Only Mike Leigh
2014
A Civil Arrangement
2012

French Exchange
2011

Come Rain Come Shine
2010

Fry and Laurie Reunited
2010

Caravans: A British Love Affair
2009

Who Gets the Dog
2007

All About 'Abigail's Party'
2007

Fanny Hill
2007

The Dinner Party
2007

The Man from Montevideo
2007

The 50 Greatest Television Dramas
2007

Loony in the Woods
2006

Confetti
2006

The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
2004
Chunky Monkey
2003

D.I.Y. Hard
2002
Ivor the Invisible
2001

Bob the Builder: A Christmas to Remember - The Movie
2001

Happy Now
2001

Topsy-Turvy
1999

Jack and the Beanstalk
1999

Santa's Last Christmas
1999

The Ugly Duckling
1997

The Missing Postman
1997

Secrets & Lies
1996

The Snow Queen's Revenge
1996

Gotta Get Out
1995

Do You Remember the First Time?
1994

Degas and Pissario Fall Out
1994

Selling Hitler
1993

Blame It on the Bellboy
1992

Life Is Sweet
1990

News Hounds
1990

A Small Mourning
1989

Shirley Valentine
1989

Wilt
1989

Virtuoso
1989

Monster Maker
1989

7 Deadly Sins: Stage Acting
1989

The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
1988

Stormy Monday
1988

The Short & Curlies
1987

Clockwise
1986

Coming Through
1985

Number One
1985

The Caucasian Chalk Circle
1985

A Private Function
1984

Champions
1984

Tartuffe, or The Imposter
1983

P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang
1982

Mike Leigh: Making Plays
1982

The Muscle Market
1981

Pasmore
1980
Two Days That Shook the Branch
1978

Abigail's Party
1977

Our Flesh and Blood
1977

Bag of Yeast
1976

Nuts in May
1976

Through the Night
1975

Early to Bed
1975

Taking Leave
1974

Girl
1974

Hard Labour
1973